Peter H. Reynolds

Peter Hamilton Reynolds is an author and illustrator of children's books[1] and is the Founder of the educational media company FableVision.[2]

Reynolds was born in 1961 in Canada with his identical twin brother, Paul who serves as FableVision's CEO, as well as a former selectman in the town of Dedham, Massachusetts.[1] He attended the Massachusetts College of Art and Fitchburg State College[2] where he received Communications Student of The Year Award in 1983,[3] Alumni Recognition Award in 1999[4] and was awarded the title Litterarum Humanarum Doctor (L.H.D)[5] in 2007 for his “substantial contributions to education and the arts”.[6]

Reynolds is best known for his children’s books about “authentic learning, creativity and self-expression”, including The North Star, Ish, The Dot, and So Few of Me.[1]The Dot, published by Candlewick Press, has been published in over twenty languages, as well as in Braille,[2] and has won a number of awards, including the Oppenheim Platinum Toy Award, Borders Books’ Original Voices 2003 Award,[7][8] and the Christopher Medal,[9] as well as the American Library Association's 2005 Carnegie Medal of Excellence[10] for the book’s animated adaptation. Reynolds has also published a book series for young children, based on the character "SugarLoaf". Published by Simon and Schuster, the first two books in this series are titled My Very Big Little World[11] and The Best Kid in the World.[12] Reynolds’ award-winning publishing work also includes the best-selling Judy Moody series written by Megan McDonald, Eleanor Estes’ The Alley and The Tunnel of Hugsy Goode, Judy Blume’s Fudge series, and Ellen Potter’s Olivia Kidney books.[13] His collaboration with Alison McGhee called Someday spent 2 months on the New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Books.[14][15]

In addition to his children’s books, Reynolds also created the award-winning animated short films, The Blue Shoe[16] and Living Forever,[17] as well as the film adaptations of his books The Dot[10] and Ish.[18]